Raja Bell

THANKS-A-LOT 1. MIAMI (50-14)     Heat would qualify for NCAA tournament on strength of winning streak alone. (1) 2. SAN ANTONIO (51-16)     Dept. of Labor inquiring about extra days off for Tim Duncan, Kawhi Leonard. (2) SHOUT OUTS! 3. OKLAHOMA...

The Utah Jazz got the last laugh on veteran guard Raja Bell, 36, whom they have been feuding with all season. The Jazz released Bell, who hadn't played for the team all season, on Sunday. But it's the timing of the release that makes it interesting:...

The Lakers continued their pursuit of a playoff berth, finishing Week 18 at .500 with a 30-30 record. The team dropped the week's opener on Monday to the Denver Nuggets, 119-108. Metta World Peace was retroactively given a flagrant foul (level 2)...

The Lakers (28-30) will host the Minnesota Timberwolves (20-34) on Thursday night at Staples Center. The Wolves have been decimated all year with injuries, most notably to Kevin Love and Brandon Roy. They've lost three in a row and eight of their last...

The Lakers will temporarily re-brand as "Los Lakers" for three games in March.  As part of the NBA's seventh-annual "Noche Latina" (Latin Night) program, the Lakers will wear Los Lakers uniforms on March 3 at Staples Center, hosting the Atlanta Hawks....

The Lakers had one of their best nights of the season on Wednesday -- while taking the day off. In ninth place in the Western Conference standings, the Lakers (28-30) need some help if they are to catch at least one of three teams ahead of them: the...

The Houston Rockets may still have a three-game lead in the standings, but the Lakers still have a viable chance to catch Houston and climb into eighth place in the Western Conference. The Rockets (31-27) have beaten the Lakers (28-30) twice in their...

The Lakers have been linked to Raja Bell since before he signed with the Utah Jazz in 2010.  Kobe Bryant tried to recruit Bell for the Lakers but the Jazz offered him a lucrative contract. Bell's relationship with Utah soured after two seasons. Now,...

According to the New York Times' Off the Dribble Blog, Amar'e Stoudemire took a shot at Lakers Coach Mike D'Antoni. Stoudemire, who played for D'Antoni both with the Phoenix Suns and New York Knicks, told reporters at Knicks practice, "I've never been...

If you believe the return of Steve Nash and Pau Gasol is going to make everything all right for the Lakers, here's some bad news: It won't. There's too much wrong for even Nash, as gifted as he is, to fix what ails the Lakers. And there's certainly...

The Lakers opened the season on Oct. 30 at Staples Center with a 116-106 loss to the Mavericks.  On Saturday they'll get a chance to avenge that loss in Dallas, although they'll have to do it on the second night of back-to-back games. Playing without...

The Lakers came into the season with championship expectations but have stumbled along the way. They've had injuries (Steve Nash and Steve Blake), players recovering from injuries (Dwight Howard, Kobe Bryant and Jordan Hill) and a not-so-smooth coaching...